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'''Kramer's Documentation | '''Kramer's Documentation - hopefully a little easier to understand ''' | ||
'''essentially unintelligible, but I'm tired.''' | '''essentially unintelligible, but I'm tired.''' | ||
* Legs | * Legs | ||
** sanded Legs | ** sanded Legs | ||
** Assemble Motors | |||
*** attach the bottom braket | |||
*** get counter sink side correct | |||
** Attach 2 non*servo motors to legs | |||
*** opposite side of screw holes | |||
*** align wires with opening | |||
*** use small cutout to enclose wires within leg slot | |||
**** could glue | |||
*** zip tie in place | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo1.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
*** Zip tie and connect speed control | |||
*** will need to determine direction after build by running the motor and noting direction so don't make permanent | |||
[[File:Kramer's Tricoper Photo2.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** drill and file 3D printed gimble mount | |||
*** use a screw and glue the end to make gimble pivot | |||
[[File:Kramer's Tricopter Photo3.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
*** use super glue | |||
** screw motor on 3D printed mount | |||
*** may need to drill to fit | |||
*** align wires away from base end | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo4.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** Attach servo | |||
*** use drill to reverse counter sink screw hole to get a flush connection | |||
*** cut two edges of servo star to fit | |||
*** ensure full range of motion and attach star to servo | |||
*** superglue to gimble | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo5.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** Attach gimble and servo to leg | |||
*** Found out I made a mistake in how the wires were aligned with cutout on leg | |||
**** inscrewed and screwed | |||
*** use zip ties | |||
*** used super glue for spacer after zip tie | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo6.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
** zip tie and connect speed controller | |||
* Put the screws in a center piece and attach legs putting the gimbled leg in the center | *Put the screws in a center piece and attach legs putting the gimbled leg in the center | ||
** use shorter 1 1/4 inch screw on inside for gimbled leg | |||
** attach so that the motors face down and the wires are accesable | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo7.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
* connect wires together in middle using solder and speaker wire | * connect wires together in middle using solder and speaker wire | ||
** pigtail all negative and positive from the speed controllers | |||
*** cut and strip black and red wires | |||
*** cut and strip speaker wire | |||
*** cut shrink wrap and solder wire red to red black to black | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo8.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
*** lighter for shrink wrap | |||
*** combine all neg and wire to neg for final wire | |||
*** do the same for pos | |||
*** don't forget skrink wrap(large) | |||
** Extend all control wires | |||
** only the white wire from the two legs without the gimble | |||
** all three from the gimble | |||
** leave about 4 inches past the hole through the center section to the top | |||
** takes a while; don't forget the shrink wrap | |||
** attach the top plate | |||
** I messed up the side I soldered the large wires and had to flip the legs to make the bottom plate the top | |||
[[File:Kramer's Tricopter Photo11.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] | |||
[[File:Kramers Tricopter Photo10.jpg|600px|thumb|center]] |
Revision as of 11:50, 7 February 2015
Kramer's Documentation - hopefully a little easier to understand essentially unintelligible, but I'm tired.
- Legs
- sanded Legs
- Assemble Motors
- attach the bottom braket
- get counter sink side correct
- Attach 2 non*servo motors to legs
- opposite side of screw holes
- align wires with opening
- use small cutout to enclose wires within leg slot
- could glue
- zip tie in place
- Zip tie and connect speed control
- will need to determine direction after build by running the motor and noting direction so don't make permanent
- drill and file 3D printed gimble mount
- use a screw and glue the end to make gimble pivot
- drill and file 3D printed gimble mount
- use super glue
- screw motor on 3D printed mount
- may need to drill to fit
- align wires away from base end
- Attach servo
- use drill to reverse counter sink screw hole to get a flush connection
- cut two edges of servo star to fit
- ensure full range of motion and attach star to servo
- superglue to gimble
- Attach servo
- Attach gimble and servo to leg
- Found out I made a mistake in how the wires were aligned with cutout on leg
- inscrewed and screwed
- use zip ties
- used super glue for spacer after zip tie
- Found out I made a mistake in how the wires were aligned with cutout on leg
- Attach gimble and servo to leg
- zip tie and connect speed controller
- Put the screws in a center piece and attach legs putting the gimbled leg in the center
- use shorter 1 1/4 inch screw on inside for gimbled leg
- attach so that the motors face down and the wires are accesable
- connect wires together in middle using solder and speaker wire
- pigtail all negative and positive from the speed controllers
- cut and strip black and red wires
- cut and strip speaker wire
- cut shrink wrap and solder wire red to red black to black
- pigtail all negative and positive from the speed controllers
- lighter for shrink wrap
- combine all neg and wire to neg for final wire
- do the same for pos
- don't forget skrink wrap(large)
- Extend all control wires
- only the white wire from the two legs without the gimble
- all three from the gimble
- leave about 4 inches past the hole through the center section to the top
- takes a while; don't forget the shrink wrap
- attach the top plate
- I messed up the side I soldered the large wires and had to flip the legs to make the bottom plate the top